Editing Arturo Toscanini (section)

==Premieres==
Toscanini conducted the world premieres of many operas, four of which have become part of the standard operatic repertoire: ''[[Pagliacci]]'', ''[[La bohème]]'', ''[[La fanciulla del West]]'' and ''[[Turandot]]''. He also took an active role in [[Franco Alfano|Alfano]]'s completion of Puccini's ''Turandot''.<ref>He refused to conduct the section that Alfano composed at the opera's world premiere.</ref> He conducted the first Italian performances of ''[[Siegfried (opera)|Siegfried]]'', ''[[Götterdämmerung]]'', ''[[Salome (opera)|Salome]]'', ''[[Pelléas et Mélisande (opera)|Pelléas et Mélisande]]'', and ''[[Euryanthe]]'', as well as the South American premieres of ''[[Tristan und Isolde]]'' and ''[[Madama Butterfly]]'' and the North American premieres of ''[[Boris Godunov (opera)|Boris Godunov]]'' and [[Dmitri Shostakovich]]'s [[Symphony No. 7 (Shostakovich)|Symphony No. 7]]. He also conducted the world premiere of [[Samuel Barber]]'s ''[[Adagio for Strings]].''<ref>"Toscanini Plays Two New Works." ''The New York Times'', November 6, 1938; first performance of Barber's setting for string orchestra; originally a movement of his Op. 11 string quartet.</ref>

===Operatic premieres===
* ''Edmea'' (revised version) by [[Alfredo Catalani]] – [[Turin]], November 4, 1886
* ''Pagliacci'' by [[Ruggero Leoncavallo]] – [[Milan]], May 21, 1892
* ''Guglielmo Swarten'' by Gnaga – Rome, November 15, 1892
* ''Savitri'' by Natale Canti – Bologna, December 1, 1894
* ''Emma Liona'' by Antonio Lozzi – Venice, May 24, 1895
* ''La bohème'' by [[Giacomo Puccini]] – Turin, February 1, 1896
* ''Forza d'Amore'' by [[Arturo Buzzi-Peccia]] – Turin, March 6, 1897
* ''La Camargo'' by Enrico De Leva – Turin, March 2, 1898
* ''Anton'' by Cesare Galeotii – Milan, December 17, 1900
* ''Zaza'' by Leoncavallo – Milan, November 10, 1900
* ''Le Maschere'' by [[Pietro Mascagni]] – Milan, January 17, 1901
* ''Mosè'' by Don [[Lorenzo Perosi]] – Milan, November 16, 1901
* ''Germania'' by [[Alberto Franchetti]] – Milan, March 11, 1902
* ''Oceana'' by Antonio Smareglia – Milan, January 22, 1903
* ''Cassandra'' by [[Vittorio Gnecchi]] – Bologna, December 5, 1905
* ''Gloria'' by [[Francesco Cilea]] – Milan, April 15, 1907
* ''La fanciulla del West'' by Puccini – New York, December 10, 1910
*''Madame Sans-Gène'' by [[Umberto Giordano]] – New York, January 25, 1915
* ''Debora e Jaele'' by [[Ildebrando Pizzetti]] – Milan, December 16, 1922
* ''Nerone'' by [[Arrigo Boito]] (completed by Toscanini and [[Vincenzo Tommasini]]) – Milan, May 1, 1924
* ''La Cena delle Beffe'' by Giordano – Milan, December 20, 1924
* ''I Cavalieri di Ekebu'' by Riccardo Zandonai – Milan, March 7, 1925
* ''[[Turandot]]'' by Puccini – Milan, April 25, 1926 (Note: Toscanini informed the audience that the opera was incomplete due to Puccini's death.)
* ''Fra Gherado'' by Pizzetti – Milan, May 16, 1928
* ''[[Il re]]'' by Giordano – Milan, January 12, 1929

=== Orchestral premieres ===
* ''[[Adagio for Strings]]'' and ''First Essay for Orchestra'' by [[Samuel Barber]] – [[NBC Symphony Orchestra]], New York, November 5, 1938
* Overture to [[Aida]] by [[Giuseppe Verdi]] with the NBC Symphony Orchestra, New York on 30 March, 1940.
* ''Western Suite'' by [[Elie Siegmeister]] – NBC Symphony Orchestra, New York, November 1945.